Nigeria says at least 80 died in Jos attacks

A body count update from Nigeria.


(Reuters) - At least 80 people were killed in Christmas Eve bombings and clashes between Muslim and Christian youths in central Nigeria, officials say.

The police said on Saturday 32 people were killed in the bomb attacks but with more than 100 wounded in hospital the death count was expected to rise.

"We have recovered 80 dead bodies so far in Jos," Daniel Gambo, an official at the Nigerian emergency management agency said late on Monday.